Reaching Out to the Local CommunityJuneau's Perseverance Theatre is living the ideal of serving local audiences while courting diversity -- they're staging a musical about Filipino immigrants who work in Alaska's salmon canneries.

Community involvement is among the prime motivations for regional dramatic troupes. Perseverance Theatre in Alaska is living the ideal of serving local audiences while courting diversity. The theater is staging a musical about Filipino immigrants who work in Alaska's salmon canneries.

Left to right: Paolo Montalban, Bernardo Bernardo and Melody Butiu in a scene from The Long Season at the Perseverence Theatre.
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